A recovering drug addict who tried to smuggle heroin and crack cocaine into a female prison under his FORESKIN has been jailed.

David James Smith was caught with the drugs when he went to visit his long-term girlfriend in HMP New Hall in Flockton near Wakefield.

The 39-year-old was identified as 'a person of interest' when he went through security at the prison and agreed to a 'full search' on April 23, 2015, Leeds Crown Court heard.

Michael Greenhalgh, prosecuting, said that during the course of the search a £10 deal of heroin and crack cocaine was found in 'a blue wrap secreted' under Smith's foreskin.

Smith, who was in recovery at the time, said he 'lapsed' when he bought the drugs in Wakefield bus station, took them in the toilets and stashed the leftovers in the usual spot to avoid being robbed, adding: "I did not want no one stealing my drugs."

He said sniffer dogs were only used sometimes at the prison and he stashed the needle and spoons in a bush outside, which he showed to staff after being caught.

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At his initial court appearance Smith was bailed but did not attend his next appearance and was unlawfully at large for the next three years.

Smith, who lives with his partner in Chelwood Drive in Allerton, Bradford, later pleaded guilty to conveying an article into prison and failing to surrender.

He claimed the drugs were for his own personal use and he expected it to be a closed visit with no opportunity to pass them to his partner, who had used drugs in the past but was clean in prison. Smith said: "I didn't want her to know I had messed up."

But Mr Greenhalgh said the prison governor said it was initially an open visit and Smith was only informed that it had been changed to a closed visit when he came through security.

At the conclusion of a Newton hearing, Recorder Jeremy Hill-Baker said: "I have found you took crack cocaine and heroin into New Hall prison with the intention that it be passed onto your partner."